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Autumn 2004


Visit to a Small Planet(1960) movie review

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The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth...

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Due for Australian release 1960
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See also: Way, Way Out; The Nutty Professor

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Title: Visit to a Small Planet(1960) (1960)
Written by: Gore Vidal (play), Edmund Beloin & Henry Garson (scr)
Directed by: Norman Taurog
running time: 85 mins


The Players: Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, Gale Gordon, Milton Frome


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